Senior Advisor Andrew Weiss spoke with NPR's Morning Edition about the implications of a major explosion on a bridge linking Russia and Crimea, apparently prompting Russian retaliation on Ukrainian cities:

"That bridge was both a symbolic gesture to connect mother Russia to Crimea, which was seized from and illegally annexed in 2014 from Ukraine... [and] the Russians are in need of good military infrastructure and supply and logistics routes. And that bridge was a key part of the plan."

Listen to the full interview here.